Restrict wp-admin access works globally even for me

Osh 2020-03-02 09:42:35 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress - Google Cloud Platform - Technical issue - Permissions
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Description:
Hey guys, thanks in advance to all

I'v added some rules to htaccess to restrict to access to the admin area just for certain ip addresses. the rules are working for some time with no issues, but for some reason I'm now blocked. Iv double checked my ip and rules and its all fine.

the path where the rule is applied in is /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf

and the rule is

<Directory /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/> <Files wp-login.php> order deny,allow deny from all allow from xx.xxx.xx.xxx </Files> </Directory>

hope some could help cheers

davidg 2020-03-02 14:15:46 UTC #2

Hello @Osh,

The configuration looks good. Checking your Apache error_log file, it seems that a different IP is trying to access. Could you double-check your IP in http://myip.bitnami.com/?

Regards

Osh 2020-03-03 09:50:56 UTC #3

@davidg hey David thanks for the reply.

Just for better understanding. the ip that was entred in the htaccess rule is my own IP address
why should I add the IP listed in the link you provided?

and yes they are not the same/

cheers

davidg 2020-03-03 10:10:10 UTC #4

Hello @Osh,

How did you obtain your IP? Do you have a load balancer configured?

Accessing http://myip.bitnami.com, or executing curl http://myip.bitnami.com, returns the public IP address for your instance. This is the one that should be allowed to access. Let me know if using this IP solves the issue.

Regards

Osh 2020-03-04 17:41:21 UTC #5

Hey David,

Not sure what you refer to haha. do you have any docs explaing what it is and what it is for?
and yes adding the IP the was shown in the link you provided solves the issue thanks.

one more off topic question. why can't I edit my own replies in this topic?

thanks again,
Cheers

davidg 2020-03-05 09:53:08 UTC #6

Hello @Osh,

Load balancing is a technique used by high-traffic Web sites and Web applications to share traffic across multiple hosts. Sometimes the load balancer is a different machine and has its own IP (different from the server IP)

I'm glad the change worked.

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Regards

Osh 2020-03-06 10:04:48 UTC #7

@davidg

Thank you very much total appreciation man thanks.

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